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ARMIN, ROBERT.: FOOLS AND JESTERS: with a reprint of Robert Armin's NEST OF NINNIES. 1608. With an introduction and notes.
London, 1842. First reissue since 1608, printed for the Shakespeare Society, 1842. Slim 8vo, 230 x 145 mm, 9 x 5¾ inches, vignette on title page, pages xx, 67 , in original publisher's fine-ribbed cloth with blind stamped decoration to covers, gilt title and blind stamped rules to spine. Spine and edges of covers slightly faded, head of spine slightly worn, few minor marks to cloth, endpapers foxed, faint foxing offset on title page, contents clean, binding tight and firm. A very good copy. Robert Armin (c. 1563 – 1612) was an English actor, a member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men. He became the leading comedy actor with the troupe associated with William Shakespeare following the departure of Will Kempe around 1600. Armin's name is inserted in the list of actors which follows the dedication by Heminge and Condell of the folio of 1623. Also a popular comic author, he wrote a comedy, The History of the Two Maids of More-clacke and translated The Italian Taylor and his Boy from the Italian of Gianfrancesco Straparola. The Nest of Ninnies was first published in 1600 and 1605 as Fool upon Fool and reissued under the new title in 1608. All three of these editions are very scarce. In this work Armin shows himself as a performer interested in his craft and offers the wit of assorted natural fools, some of whom he knew personally. Images sent on request.
Offered for GBP 195.00 = appr. US$ 319.02 by: Roger Middleton - Book number: 5368